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TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane will make his first England start in Tuesday's friendly international against Italy after an instant impact on his debut last week, manager Roy Hodgson said on Monday.

TBILISI (Reuters) - World Cup winners Germany eased past hosts Georgia 2-0 in their Euro 2016 qualifier on Sunday with two goals in five minutes from Marco Reus and Thomas Mueller enough to get their Group D campaign back on track.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland substitute Shane Long scored an injury-time equaliser to rescue a 1-1 home draw against Group D leaders Poland on Sunday and keep the hosts in contention for a place at Euro 2016.

Roberto Firmino's goal gave Brazil a 1-0 victory over Chile in a feisty friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium on Sunday, their eighth successive win since last year's disappointing World Cup campaign.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Andros Townsend stole the limelight from his Tottenham Hotspur team mate and man of the moment Harry Kane with a thunderous strike that gave England a 1-1 draw in a friendly with Italy on Tuesday.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Netherlands revived bitter Spanish memories from last year's World Cup finals when they beat a second-string La Roja 2-0 in a friendly on Tuesday to become the first team to inflict two defeats on coach Vicente del Bosque.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored one goal and made another in a slick first-half performance as Sweden beat Iran 3-1 in a friendly in Stockholm, where the vast majority of the 33,773 crowd at the Friends Arena were cheering for the away team.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympics went on sale in Brazil on Tuesday, with top prices comparable to those at the London Games and more than half costing 70 Brazilian reais (14 pounds) or less.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former Scotland and Rangers manager Alex McLeish will leave Belgian club Racing Genk after just one season having told them on Tuesday that he had decided not to seek a new contract.